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Where can you dig up a dinosaur, take an airboat ride and fly a space mission? At the science center, of course, but here's where you've got decisions to make. Which one? Florida has 21 museums that are part of the international Association of Science-Technology Centers, or ASTC, and each one has a unique identity. So visiting the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee is a very different trip than visiting the Museum of Science & Industry in Tampa. The attractions cover the state from South Florida to the Panhandle and the best thing is that if you become members of your local science center, you've got benefits through the ASTC's reciprocal Travel Passport...

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